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PSE substations in PacNW being attacked (Original Post) cilla4progress Dec 2022 OP
Haven't heard anything but MontanaMama Dec 2022 #1
No. cilla4progress Dec 2022 #2
This article isn't paywalled -- nilram Dec 2022 #3
Thanks! cilla4progress Dec 2022 #4
Someone in Manatee County, FL, shot up one shenmue Dec 2022 #5
Anyone monitoring NJCher Dec 2022 #6
Here you go Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2022 #7
Thanks cilla4progress Dec 2022 #8

MontanaMama

(23,324 posts)
1. Haven't heard anything but
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 01:15 AM
Dec 2022

my cousin lives in Vancouver, WA…I’ll text her to see if she’s heard about it. Have you seen an interruption in power c4p?

cilla4progress

(24,746 posts)
2. No.
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 01:27 AM
Dec 2022

I think I saw Cowlitz county.

It flashed on the TV during Stephanie Ruhle's show - even though they were talking about the incidents in NC.

nilram

(2,888 posts)
3. This article isn't paywalled --
Thu Dec 8, 2022, 01:48 AM
Dec 2022

(though maybe there's a limit to the # of articles you can see). Here are 4 paragraphs of interest.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/pse-substations-among-five-attacked-in-pacific-northwest-in-november/

At least five attacks at electricity substations in Washington and Oregon, including two at Puget Sound Energy substations, have been reported to the FBI in recent weeks.
[...]
BPA spokesperson Douglas Johnson said a “deliberate physical attack” at a Clackamas, Ore., substation occurred over the Thanksgiving holiday. A fence was cut and equipment was damaged, Johnson wrote.
[...]
The FBI’s Seattle field office declined to comment on the incidents nor confirm reports that the agency has sent bulletins to local law enforcement agencies and utility companies warning of attacks, but said the agency “routinely shares information with our law enforcement partners to assist in protecting the communities they serve.”
[...]
A spokesperson for the Snohomish County Public Utility District, the largest public utility district in the state, said substations in its jurisdiction have not been attacked this year, but they have been vandalized in the past.

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